# Amazon Lightsail Micro, 2 TB transfer [Virginia](https://www.rackcensus.com/locations/ashburn-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Ashburn") Benchmark complete Finished Oct 7, 2026 Geekbench 7 single-core Skipped Geekbench 7 multi-core Skipped Disk 4K IOPS 3,098 fio random read and write, 50/50 Monthly price at test time $7.00 Same price today ## Server [Amazon Lightsail](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/lightsail-benchmarks)[Micro, 2 TB transfer](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/k4spwg-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-benchmarks?location=us-east-1) - Provider Amazon Lightsail - Plan Micro, 2 TB transfer - Location Virginia - vCPU 2 - RAM 1 GB - Storage 40 GB SSD - Network Unknown - OS image ubuntu\_24\_04 - Trigger Scheduled - Queued at Oct 6, 2026, 23:04:00 UTC [Visit Amazon Lightsail](https://www.rackcensus.com/go/lightsail) ## Latest runs of this plan - [Frankfurt Oct 7, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/yn6387-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-eu-central-1-benchmark)Skipped - [Oregon Oct 7, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/4asywr-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-us-west-2-benchmark)Skipped - [Ireland Oct 6, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/0x9ooj-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-eu-west-1-benchmark)Skipped - [Frankfurt Oct 6, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/3t916y-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-eu-central-1-benchmark)Skipped - [Oregon Oct 6, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/o6lgsm-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-us-west-2-benchmark)Skipped [Full history of this plan](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/k4spwg-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-benchmarks/history) ## CPU Geekbench was skipped because this plan has less than 2 GB of RAM, which isn't enough for Geekbench 7 to run without swap. ## Memory, TLS and scheduler ### Memory bandwidth (STREAM) | Test | Result | Runs | Spread | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Copy higher is better | 11.1 GB/s | 3 | 0.639% | | Scale higher is better | 12.9 GB/s | 3 | 1.47% | | Add higher is better | 13.3 GB/s | 3 | 1.37% | | Triad higher is better | 13.3 GB/s | 3 | 1.27% | Average of 3 runs. Spread is the standard deviation as a share of the average. ### TLS and crypto (OpenSSL) | Test | Result | Runs | Spread | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | RSA 4096 signs higher is better | 234/s | 3 | 0.623% | | RSA 4096 verifies higher is better | 15,355/s | 3 | 0.0453% | | SHA-256 higher is better | 258 MB/s | 3 | 0.121% | | AES-256-GCM higher is better | 3.41 GB/s | 3 | 0.146% | | ChaCha20-Poly1305 higher is better | 2.2 GB/s | 3 | 0.0465% | Average of 3 runs. Spread is the standard deviation as a share of the average. ### Scheduler latency (schbench) | Test | Result | Runs | Spread | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Request latency, median lower is better | 7.74 ms | 3 | 0% | | Requests per second, 90th percentile higher is better | 255/s | 3 | 0% | | Request latency, 99.9th percentile lower is better | 29.5 ms | 3 | 85.8% | | Requests per second, average higher is better | 250/s | 3 | 3.06% | Average of 3 runs. Spread is the standard deviation as a share of the average. ## Disk | Block size | Read | Write | Total | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 4K | 6.1 MB/s (1,550 IOPS) | 6 MB/s (1,548 IOPS) | 12.1 MB/s (3,098 IOPS) | | 64K | 64.5 MB/s (1,031 IOPS) | 64.9 MB/s (1,038 IOPS) | 129.4 MB/s (2,069 IOPS) | | 512K | 62 MB/s (124 IOPS) | 65 MB/s (129 IOPS) | 127 MB/s (253 IOPS) | | 1M | 61.4 MB/s (61 IOPS) | 65.8 MB/s (65 IOPS) | 127.2 MB/s (126 IOPS) | fio random read and write, 50/50, run by YABS against the boot disk. ## Network ### IPv4 transfer speed Loading... | Target | Protocol | Send | Receive | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Clouvider, London, UK (10G) | IPv4 | 1.76 Gbps | 1.43 Gbps | | Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 1.91 Gbps | 2.94 Gbps | | Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 827 Mbps | 1.09 Gbps | | Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv4 | 1.69 Gbps | 1.05 Gbps | | Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 4.34 Gbps | 3.22 Gbps | Public iperf3 servers vary in capacity and availability. Compare a target only with itself over time. ## Datastores ### PostgreSQL #### fsync speed (pg\_test\_fsync) | Method | Operations per second | Time per operation | | --- | --- | --- | | One 8 kB write | | --- | | open\_datasync | 1,197 | 0.835 ms | | fdatasync | 1,055 | 0.947 ms | | fsync | 347 | 2.88 ms | | fsync\_writethrough | Not supported here | n/a | | open\_sync | 347 | 2.88 ms | | Two 8 kB writes | | --- | | open\_datasync | 532 | 1.88 ms | | fdatasync | 976 | 1.03 ms | | fsync | 337 | 2.97 ms | | fsync\_writethrough | Not supported here | n/a | | open\_sync | 174 | 5.74 ms | | open\_sync at different write sizes | | --- | | 1 \* 16kB open\_sync write | 339 | 2.95 ms | | 2 \* 8kB open\_sync writes | 153 | 6.52 ms | | 4 \* 4kB open\_sync writes | 69.6 | 14.4 ms | | 8 \* 2kB open\_sync writes | 43.9 | 22.8 ms | | 16 \* 1kB open\_sync writes | 21.9 | 45.6 ms | | fsync on a non-write descriptor | | --- | | write, fsync, close | 345 | 2.9 ms | | write, close, fsync | 345 | 2.9 ms | | Non-synced 8 kB writes | | --- | | write | 1,062,098 | 0.001 ms | pg\_test\_fsync against the Docker volume Postgres keeps its data on. fdatasync is Linux's default wal\_sync\_method. #### pgbench at scale 10 | Workload | Clients | Transactions/s | Median | p95 | p99 | p99.9 | Failed | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 1 | 606 | 1.58 ms | 2.19 ms | 2.47 ms | 13.5 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 8 | 2,255 | 3.04 ms | 6.64 ms | 10.9 ms | 37.3 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 32 | 2,897 | 7.99 ms | 29.8 ms | 53.6 ms | 93.1 ms | 0 | | Read only | 1 | 13,129 | 0.071 ms | 0.095 ms | 0.119 ms | 0.356 ms | 0 | | Read only | 8 | 36,934 | 0.188 ms | 0.355 ms | 0.458 ms | 0.753 ms | 0 | | Read only | 32 | 35,219 | 0.622 ms | 1.35 ms | 2.26 ms | 3.6 ms | 0 | Scale 10 (1,000,000 accounts), loaded in 2.18 s. 60 s per run, prepared statements. Latency comes from sampled transaction logs, and p99.9 is left out when fewer than 1,000 were sampled. #### pgbench at scale 100 | Workload | Clients | Transactions/s | Median | p95 | p99 | p99.9 | Failed | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 1 | 371 | 2.77 ms | 3.23 ms | 3.84 ms | 14.4 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 8 | 998 | 5.72 ms | 15.9 ms | 20.6 ms | 30.7 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 32 | 1,057 | 27.6 ms | 50.1 ms | 72.8 ms | 154 ms | 0 | | Read only | 1 | 902 | 1.29 ms | 1.53 ms | 3.75 ms | 7.41 ms | 0 | | Read only | 8 | 1,612 | 5.08 ms | 9.98 ms | 13 ms | 26.6 ms | 0 | | Read only | 32 | 1,731 | 20 ms | 30.5 ms | 37.4 ms | 228 ms | 0 | Scale 100 (10,000,000 accounts), loaded in 49.6 s. 60 s per run, prepared statements. Latency comes from sampled transaction logs, and p99.9 is left out when fewer than 1,000 were sampled. ### MySQL #### sysbench OLTP | Workload | Threads | Transactions/s | Queries/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Errors | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Read/write | 1 | 116 | 2,323 | 7.99 ms | 12.3 ms | 21.5 ms | 0 | | Read/write | 8 | 464 | 9,286 | 14.2 ms | 41.9 ms | 66.8 ms | 0 | | Read/write | 32 | 653 | 13,055 | 46.6 ms | 74.5 ms | 109 ms | 0 | | Read only | 1 | 472 | 7,551 | 1.96 ms | 2.71 ms | 3.62 ms | 0 | | Read only | 8 | 1,178 | 18,850 | 6.67 ms | 9.73 ms | 11.7 ms | 0 | | Read only | 32 | 1,133 | 18,122 | 25.7 ms | 51.9 ms | 61.1 ms | 0 | 10 tables of 100,000 rows, loaded in 15.8 s. 60 s per run, one connection per thread. ### Redis #### memtier | Mix | Operations/s | Hits/s | Median | p99 | p99.9 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1:10 set:get | 52,277 | 47,524 | 0.775 ms | 3.58 ms | 11.3 ms | | 1:1 set:get | 52,145 | 26,072 | 0.775 ms | 3.47 ms | 8.77 ms | 1,000,000 keys of 32 bytes. 64 connections over 2 threads, 60 s per ratio. ## Web frameworks | Framework | Fortunes req/s | Single query req/s | JSON req/s | Fortunes p99 at 256 connections | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Next.js | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Express | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Fastify | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | NestJS | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Nuxt | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | FastAPI | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Django | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Rails | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Laravel | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Symfony | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | ### WooCommerce #### Page mix Failed: woo-db stopped before it was ready: hysically writing the file full; Please wait ... 2026-10-07 0:20:05 0 [Note] InnoDB: File './ibtmp1' size is now 12.000MiB. 2026-10-07 0:20:05 0 [Note] InnoDB: log sequence number 45568; transaction id 14 2026-10-07 0:20:05 0 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled. 2026-10-07 0:20:05 0 [Note] Plugin 'wsrep-provider' is disabled. 2026-10-07 00:20:39+00:00 [ERROR] [Entrypoint]: Unable to start server. #### Cart and checkout Failed: k6 summary at 32 virtual users didn't parse: k6 recorded no requests for step checkout ## Advertised vs. measured | Spec | Advertised | Measured | | --- | --- | --- | | vCPU | 2 | 2 | | CPU | Shared vCPU | 15.5% of busy CPU time stolen | | RAM | 1 GB | 910 MiB | | Storage | 40 GB SSD | 38.7 GiB | | Architecture | x86\_64 | x86\_64 | | Virtualization | KVM | AMAZON | Guests usually report slightly less RAM and disk than advertised because of kernel reservations and filesystem overhead. ## Detected hardware **CPU model:** Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8175M CPU @ 2.50GHz **CPU cores:** 2 **CPU frequency:** 2500 MHz **AES-NI:** Yes **VM-x/AMD-V:** No **RAM reported:** 910 MiB **Swap reported:** 0 MiB **Disk reported:** 38.7 GiB **Virtualization reported:** AMAZON **CPU steal:** 15.5% of busy CPU time stolen **Distro:** Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS **Kernel:** 7.0.0-1012-aws **Architecture:** x86\_64 **IPv4 reachable:** Yes **IPv6 reachable:** Yes ## Advertised at test time **Plan:** Micro, 2 TB transfer **Product line:** General Purpose **Location:** Virginia **vCPU:** 2 shared vCPU **Architecture:** x86\_64 **RAM:** 1 GB **Storage:** 40 GB SSD **Virtualization:** KVM **Network:** Unknown **Transfer:** 2.05 TB **Port 25:** On request **Monthly price at test time:** $7.00 **Hourly price at test time:** $0.0094 **YABS version:** v2026-09-20 **Ran at:** Oct 6, 2026, 23:05:44 UTC **Parser version:** 5 ## Run timeline **Queued:** Oct 6, 2026, 23:04:00 UTC **First update from the server:** Oct 6, 2026, 23:04:27 UTC **Completed:** Oct 7, 2026, 00:24:46 UTC **Server deleted:** Oct 7, 2026, 00:24:46 UTC **Cost of this run:** $0.013 Tests 33 of 35 done Live output 699 lines Setup 2 cores, 909.5 MiB RAM 4 of 4Done Disk (fio) 12.7 MB/s at 4k, 133 MB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 1.76 Gbit/s send, 1.43 Gbit/s receive 5 of 5Done Phoronix (memory, TLS, scheduler) 3 of 3Done Datastores 5 of 5Done Web frameworks 2 failed 10 of 12Some failed TestResultTimevs last run Next.js fortune 256c 102 req/s rps, fortune 256c 3m 04s Express fortune 256c 7,142 req/s rps, fortune 256c 2m 53s Fastify fortune 256c 7,256 req/s rps, fortune 256c 2m 51s NestJS fortune 256c 508 req/s rps, fortune 256c 3m 12s Nuxt fortune 256c 4,939 req/s rps, fortune 256c 2m 50s FastAPI fortune 256c 2,101 req/s rps, fortune 256c 3m 11s Django fortune 256c 996 req/s rps, fortune 256c 3m 11s Rails fortune 256c 134 req/s rps, fortune 256c 3m 28s Laravel fortune 256c 38.1 req/s rps, fortune 256c 5m 43s Symfony fortune 256c 43 req/s rps, fortune 256c 5m 26s WooCommerce page mix start Stopped woo-db stopped before it was ready: hysically writing the file full; Please wait ... 2026-10-07 0:20:05 0 [Note] InnoDB: File './ibtmp1' size is now 12.000MiB. 2026-10-07 0:20:05 0 [Note] InnoDB: log sequence number 45568; transaction id 14 2026-10-07 0:20:05 0 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled. 2026-10-07 0:20:05 0 [Note] Plugin 'wsrep-provider' is disabled. 2026-10-07 00:20:39+00:00 [ERROR] [Entrypoint]: Unable to start server. 3m 48s WooCommerce cart flow 32 vus Stopped k6 summary at 32 virtual users didn't parse: k6 recorded no requests for step checkout 4m 01s Finish Results saved 1 of 1Done Watch party 0 watching This party closed at 00:10 UTC. 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